What political benefit is this six-piece suit in voting
What political benefit is this six-piece suit in voting
The six-piece suit originally consist of a suit, half coat,shirt,vest and tie worn by fashionable men preferably British. The term has been adopted to voting for the same coalition parties on all the six ballots namely member of parliament, senator, women's representative, county governor and county assembly representative in Kenya. Kenya's entire political structure could be in for a major overhaul. It is a strategy presidential candidates in this election are encouraging at the campaign’s onset for obvious reasons. The more coalition members in power, the easier governing will be. The early calls for a straight party-line vote have been met with charges of cynicism. This is like voting for candidates irrespective of the qualities and qualifications of the other candidates. Most of the leading candidates have backed away from the request, at least in public addresses. Not voting for a six piece derails the political plan of forming a strong government with a majority in Parliament and the Senate. There is an ongoing debate of those for and those against the six-piece suit. There are candidates who are not people's favourite candidates but ride in the parties colors. People have chosen to interrogate each candidate individually to get their manifesto's and what they promise to deliver to Kenyans and tell their truth in form of projects,goodies and quality leadership. Kenyan may separate the six-piece suit in order to get delivery of manifestos. Tanzania, Uganda,Rwanda etc have no politics of six-piece suits,why Kenya? By the way,very few Kenyans wear those suits,why prefer them in politics? Kenyans don't need bad governance in form of six-piece suit or straight jacket vote. Women and independent candidate are not included in this six-piece vote. IEBC and other organisations will be offering Kenyan voter education,so for what benefit will it be for if parties are advocating a six-piece suit. This six-piece is discriminatory and should not be embraced in a democratic country like Kenya.
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Veronica Onjoro
Mombasa
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